area that focuses on how science and technology affects our national security. for quite some time we've been involved in the study of issues in and around what people call asymmetric threats. and most importantly, terrorism. this past year the professor and i released our second volume on al qaeda about 11 years after our first volume on al qaeda right before 9/11. i'd like to call your attention to. there are copies available, and, of course, available on the web on amazon and all those good things. and i wanted to highlight it today because it's one of the gifts we are going to get to our panel members for taking the time out of their busy schedule to come join us today. at the very least, i can promise you a good sleep if you read it. [laughter] the second work that the potomac institute has been involved in over this past year is an effort with the mattel corporation to look up the cyber issue in particular cyber doctrine. that volume edited by tim semple and i is in publication as we speak but you have on your seat on the table, all of you, a short flyer t